Display-rack



.(No Model.)

A. LENGLE. DISPLAY RACK. N0. 469,666. Patented Mar. 1.1892.

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ABIJAII L. ENGLE, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

DISPLAY RAC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,686, dated March 1, 1892.

Serial No. 402,611. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABIJAH L. ENGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of ref erence marked thereomwhich form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of display-racks that are used to display goods in show-windows and similar .places; and the objects of my invention are to provide a rack that may be adjusted to different required positions, forms, and sizes that shall be inexpensive, durable, and ornamental. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the display=rack in position for use. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the supports of the rack, which are suspended from the ceiling. Fig. 3 is a side view of the clamp. Fig. 4 is a front View of the clam p, showing the method of supporting the bars E E. Fig. 5 is a View of the casting used for securing the standards S S in their proper positions.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The letter A indicates'a long bar, of wood or any other suitable material. This bar is slotted throughout its length, as shown in Fig. 2, in order that the bolts of the thumb-screws 1 and 2 may pass through the bar and may also be slid or adjusted to any desired position along the bar A. By-means of the thumbscrew 1 the bar Ais fastened to a strong block of wood a, which is screwed firmly to the ceiling of the show-window. The letters I) b in- The letter 0 indicates a flat metallic casting,- as shown in Fig. 5. This casting is a flat metallic plate and is enlarged and rounded at from the casting a, by means of which they are held in position, to the floor of the window wherein the rack is erected. I show four standards in Fig. 1; but as many more may be added as desired by increasing the number of castings 0 upon the bars I).

D is a metallic clamp and, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, consists of abandf, which fits around the standard S, a corrugated clamp-jaw d, a corresponding clamp jaw d, a washer d", a set screw 6, and a set screw 5, by means of which the clamp is fastened to the standard- S. From the outer face of the clampjaw 01 are raised two lugs e and 6", having theirinner sides straight andparallel with each other and their outer sides coincident with the outer circumference of the clamp-jaw, as shown in Fig. 4. The lug e is continued toward the center of the jaw in such manner that it will fit into the notches e of the hereinafter described bar E.

E isaflat bar, of any suitable material, and is of such width that it will exactly fit in between the lugs e and e" of the clamp-jaw d. The upper edge of the bar E is notched at intervals throughout its length, said notches being out under at each end form an elliptical opening 6, as shown at Fig. 4.

The letters 19 pindicate rods of any suitable material, which are suspended in the notches e e of the bars E E. By means of the setscrews 5 5 the clamps D may be fixed at any desired height upon the standards S, and as many sets of said clamps maybe used as desired.

The bars E E may be set at any angle to the standards desired by adjusting the corrugated faces of the two clampjaws d and d and placing the bars E E between the lugs upon the face of the clamp-jaw d',where they can be fastened by means of the set-screw 6.

\Vhen the rack is erected and furnished with as many clamps and bars as desired, I suspend as many rods 19 as needed in the notches eand hang the goods to be displayed upon the same.

I am aware that prior to my'invention display-racks have been made bearing features der side of the bars I) b, respectively, and the standards S S, said standards being secured in a proper upright position by the castings c c, with the clamps D, which are adjusted at any position required upon the said standards,the bars E E, supported by said clamps D, and the rods 19 p, inturn supported by the bars E E, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ABIJAII L. ENGLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. Cox,

GEO. M. WRIGHT. 

